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Galvadon

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I've got about $2000 +/- 300 to spend on the "ultimate gaming machine", so lets go, genius people.

This is what I've got so far:

SONY 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With 5X DVD-RAM Write Black IDE Model DRU120C - Retail
Item #: N82E16827131039
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
$37.99



Thermaltake Armor Series VA8003BWS Black Full Tower Case w/ 25CM Fan - Retail
Item #: N82E16811133021
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
$169.99



Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3750640AS 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Item #: N82E16822148134
Return Policy: Limited 30-Day Return Policy

$239.99



ViewSonic Graphic Series VG2230wm Black 22" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor Height & Tilt Adjustments - Retail
Item #: N82E16824116060
Return Policy: [LCD] Limited Non-Refundable 30-Day Return Policy

-$20.00 Instant
$319.99
$299.99



ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Item #: N82E16813131013
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

-$10.00 Instant
$139.99
$129.99



EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16814130072
Return Policy: Limited Non-Refundable 30-Day Return Policy

$559.99



Creative 70SB046A00000 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional Series - Retail
Item #: N82E16829102005
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

$139.99



OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply - Retail
Item #: N82E16817341002
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

$25.00 Mail-in Rebate
$149.99



CORSAIR Dominator 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-8500C5D - Retail
Item #: N82E16820145043
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

$40.00 Mail-in Rebate
$204.00



AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADX6000CZBOX - Retail
Item #: N82E16819103773
Return Policy: Processors (CPUs) Return Policy
 
Mobo- EVGA 122-CK-NF67-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i LT SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail - $195

CPU-Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail-$224

RAM-CORSAIR Dominator 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail $204- $164 after MIR

Graphics Card-EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail $560

Hard Drive-Western Digital Caviar RE2 WD5000YS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM - $150

Case-Antec Performance One P180B Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel for durability through the majority of chassis 1.0mm cold rolled steel around the 4 x HDD area ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail -$130

PSU-Thermaltake Toughpower 850W W0131RU – NVIDIA QUAD-SLI APPROVED, FOUR +12V RAIL READY - Retail - $260

That's $1723 there. If you got the extra cash to go to $2000 you can upgrade what ever you want. I didn't pick a monitor. So you got a good amount of cash to buy a good one.
 
Well, are there like connectors or pins or some strange thing I'm forgetting, 'cause I'm new to building. My thing is software, not hardware.
 
Galvadon said:
Well, are there like connectors or pins or some strange thing I'm forgetting, 'cause I'm new to building. My thing is software, not hardware.
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Pins? No

You will need small things like thermal paste and maybe case fans.

Would recommend Intel over AMD though.
 
Wait until July 22nd for Intel's price cut. That will allow you to get a quad core processor for almost half of what it costs now. And don't forget to account for an OS if you need one.
 
EVGA 122-CK-NF68-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail - $249.99

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz- $223.90

Scythe Infinity 5 Heat Pipe Cooler
http://www.crazypc.com/products/50625.html?utm_source=pricewatch&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=50625

Patriot eXtreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail - $129.99 (AR)

EVGA 768-P2-N837-AR e-GeForce 8800 GTX KO ACS3 768MB - $649.99
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=321206

SAMSUNG 226BW Black 22" 2 ms - $298.99 (AR)

Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000BWA Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail - $115.99

CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 520W Power Supply - $129.99

Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache - $179.99 (AR)

Seagate Barracuda ES ST3320620NS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache - $79.99

SAMSUNG Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD Burner With LightScribe Technology - OEM - $38.99

Total comes to $2147 after rebates.

Just to add a couple of things about this build:
Everything i've included in this build I personally had experience with, I can tell for sure that all this is very quality hardware. Everything is from newegg except for video card and CPU cooler. The video card is a heavily factory overclocked version from EVGA 8800 GTX which performs on par with 8800 Ultra, yet costs $150 less, quite a deal. CPU cooler I recommended allows you to overclock your E6600 from stock 2.4Ghz to 3.2Ghz or more while keeping it perfrectly cool and stable, 3.2Ghz would provide sufficent power for your MONSTER video card when 2.4Ghz would actually be a little bottleneck. Main hard drive is a 150GB 10.000rpm Raptor, which might not be very big but this thing FLIES compared to regular 7.200rpm hard drivers, any windows installed on such hard drive is an absolute pleasure to use, and storage purposes I've added another 320GB regular hard drive too. 2ms 22" samsung which's almost too good of a monitor. Nice, quality 2GB 1066Mhz memory. Good looking case and in my opinion the best power supply there is in $100-$150 range.

In other words you will not be disappointed If you decide to go with the system above :)

Good luck
 
Why are you only getting a 16x DVD Burner? I would get a 20x w/ Litescribe that uses the SATA interface.

And as another poster said, I would go with the 680i motherboard and a Core 2 Duo CPU.
 
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